melancholia
Americannoun
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a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
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Psychiatry. endogenous depression.
noun
Other Word Forms
- melancholiac adjective
Etymology
Origin of melancholia
From Late Latin, dating back to 1685–95; melancholy
Example Sentences
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Whilst also being silly, and people are being blown out of buildings, it has that texture of melancholia and loneliness underneath it.
From Los Angeles Times
He has such a sparkle in his eye, and a joyful face, but he had a lot of melancholia.
From Salon
And people looking for a dose of introspective melancholia at the end of the festival will have to choose between The National on the Other Stage, and James Blake, who plays in the Woodsies tent.
From BBC
As they await a ruling, he said, “there’s a feeling of melancholia mixed with solidarity.”
From Los Angeles Times
“McBride mixes American history with speculative fiction to dissect melancholia and political anxiety for young people who are living through uncertain times — in the future and today,” wrote the judges.
From Los Angeles Times
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